Pick of the Bunch (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I hope that you are enjoying the projects that my Team Mates are sharing with you this month. I have some projects to show you using the new Floral Notes stamp set, and hope that these will brighten your November day.

For my first project, I have creatd a quick gelli plate background, using a brayer and Distress Inks, to cover the gelli plate, then pressed a piece of bubble wrap onto the plate to create an overall pattern. I removed the bubble wrap and then laid the card onto the gelli plate, smoothing it evenly, to ensure that I had a good coverage of ink across the card.

I stamped the flower image and sentiment onto the card, using Versafine Onyx Black Ink, and then coloured the image using pencils. I added a strip of toning ribbon to the background, and adhered the background to a white card blank.

For my second project, I used some left over fabric from some journal pages that I had made. The fabric had been coloured with water-based ink. I stamped the image and sentiment onto the fabric using Jet Black Archival Ink. I frayed the edges of the fabric and used some iron on interfacing to attach the fabric to a cheap little notebook. I added some lace, toning ribbon and a little wooden button.

This was a very cheap project to make, but will make a great little stocking filler present for someone. I know that I love notebooks, and have a large collection of them, and I'm sure that you know of plenty of people who might like something like this as a Christmas present.

Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx